DuBois Public Library News Column: The Children’s Department at the DuBois Public Library has recently purchased a number of books from Barefoot Books. These books are beautifully illustrated and contain stories from around the world that children are sure to enjoy. Many of these books are in written form with an accompanying audio CD. Some of these books include: Lola’s Fandango by Anna Witte; Octopus Opposites by Stella Blackstone; Fireside Stories: Tales for a Winter’s Eve by Caitlin Matthews; The Barefoot Book of Fairies by Tanya Batt; Tales from Old Ireland by Malachy Doyle; The Barefoot Book of Knights by John Matthews; and Grandmother Stories by Burleigh Muten.

Fall Story Hours: The second session of Fall Story Hours has begun and will continue until December 15th. There are three age groups: two-year olds meet from 10:00-10:30; My Three and Me 11:00-11:45; and the four-and-five year olds meet from 2:00-3:00. Story hours are free and include stories, songs, finger plays, and music, plus much more. For further information call the Children’s Library at 371-5930 ext. 4.

New Non-Fic: From This Moment On by Shania Twain; The Twelve Sacred Traditions of Magnificent Mothers-in-law by Haywood Smith; Robert Redford: the biography by Michael Callan; The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris by David McCullough; Sabula Lake Timeless…by Anju Jolly; Walt Disney World 2012 by Bob Sehlinger; How to Love an American Man by Kristine Gasbarre; A Stolen Life: a memoir by Jaycee Dugard; Known and Unknown: a memoir by Donald Rumsfeld; EntreLeadership: 20 years of practical business wisdom by Dave Ramsey

New Fiction: Shock Wave by John Sandford; Robert Ludlum’s The Ares Decision by Kyle Mills; 1225 Christmas Tree Lane: a Cedar Cove novel by Debbie Macomber; An Angel for Christmas by Heather Graham; The Best of Me by Nicholas Sparks; Zero Day by David Baldacci; The Litigators by John Grisham; Lost December by Richard Paul Evans; The Christmas Note by Donna VanLiere; A Christmas Homecoming by Anne Perry

New Children’s Books:J-E Fiction: I Can Read! Dixie by Grace Gilman; I Can Read! Splat the Cat: Good Night, Sleep Tight by Natalie Engel; Bear with Me by Max Kornell; Tia Isa Wants a Car by Meg Medina; Sasha the Stubborn Sleeper by Rashmi Jolly Dalai; J Fiction: The Children of Crow Cove: Tink by Bodil Bredsdorff; The Sherlock Files: The Missing Heir by Tracy Barrett; The Magical Ms. Plum by Bonny Becker; The Boy Who Howled by Timothy Power; The True Gift, A Christmas Story by Patricia MacLachlan; J Non Fiction: Celebritrees: Historic & Famous Trees of the World by Margi Preus; The Manatee Scientists: Saving Vulnerable Species by Peter Lourie; Far From Shore: Chronicles of an Open Ocean Voyage by Sophie Webb; Earthquakes by Jennifer Nault; Real Life Heroes: Surviving Gangs and Bullying by Michaela Miller